Yes, we went to New York again. This time, Steven had to go for work and I tagged along because, well, see above. Every time I go to NY, I want to live there, but I also want to travel. It's one or the other, so instead of looking for apartments, we're looking for more …
National Mall to National Park
Plus: Summer to Winter in a Week In our last blog, Steven detailed our latest crazy plan. In preparation, we know we need to get used to walking and walking and walking. You already know about our death marches. A couple of weekends ago, we decided on a modified version, over to the National Mall …
The best laid plans…have to start somewhere
Our plan for the next 6 months beginning in November is to head to Valencia by way of Copenhagen and Berlin with a three week safari in Kenya in February. As always, I have created my travel spreadsheet that keeps track of what we have/haven’t taken care of. Last Saturday this is how it looked: …
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Living in Washington, DC
Wow, it has been a couple of weeks since we posted. Sorry loyal readers, we have been quite busy and just did not get around to scribbling down our notes. My mother returned to Florida at the end of August after spending a week with us. My mom is a real trooper, walking hither and …
What? Students Who Want to Learn?? Yay!
We've settled in nicely here in DC. In an attempt to be useful and more a part of the community, I had volunteered to teach English to immigrant adults at the Washington English Center. I got lucky because I was teaching intermediate English, so we could have real conversations. If you have time and especially …
Baseball Has Been Very Very Good to Me
Or: Planes, Trains and Automobiles We spent a long weekend in Boston and New York, visiting with friends and family and going to baseball games. Sue and I flew to Boston last Thursday and quickly settled into our hotel in Cambridge. Thursday night we had dinner with Sue’s college roommate, Terryl and Terryl’s husband, Rob. …
A Monumental Weekend of Tourism
Although we were in DC last year, we didn't really play tourist much. We spent our exploration time in our neighborhood of Petworth. This year, our friend Mary Jo and her son, Colin, came to visit so we just had to drag that poor teenager to every tourist sight we could think of. They arrived …
Two years and counting
A recap of our first two years on the road.
Not the Most Enjoyable Trip
This weekend we moved from Chicago – our home for the last six weeks – to Washington – our home for the next four months. Sue and I usually love a good, long summer drive. Play suitcase tetras with our stuff to get everything in the less than spacious Saab trunk, slather on the sunscreen, …
We Went to Lunch and Then to Dinner
It's Groundhog Month Here in Smoky Chicago What have we been doing for the past two weeks, you ask. Eating! Well, eating while we enjoy friends and family. That gadabout Steven has been dumping his wife to carouse with friends — oh, excuse me, not friends, business associates — every night (not every night! We …
Doing It On The Road 